Rikako Ikee honored as Japan's swimmer of the year
The Japan Swimming Federation hosted the annual Aquatics Awards on Monday evening in Tokyo, celebrating achievements by its elite athletes in 2018. Asian Games MVP Rikako Ikee, who had already been named the swimmer of the year after the conclusion of the 2018 season, did ...
Rikako Ikee's quest for Asian Games perfection ends with silver finish in 4x200 relay
Rikako Ikee's quest for a perfect Asian Games slipped away Tuesday, when the women's 4x200-meter freestyle team swam to silver, a disappointing result after she had earlier kept her streak alive with her fourth gold in four events. She won the women's 100-meter butterfly, her ...
Kalisz outlasts Hagino, Seto in 400 IM on Pan Pacs opening day
Chase Kalisz proved he’s currently the best individual medley swimmer in the world with a crushing victory over the Japanese star duo. The American geared up after the 250-meter turn to take a lead and only widened the gap on former world champions Kosuke Hagino ...
Rikako Ikee sets two more records on final day of national swimming championships
Rikako Ikee set a pair of Japan records and Yui Ohashi set another on Sunday as the national swimming championships came to a close. Ikee broke the women's 100-meter freestyle mark she established the day before in qualifying at Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center. Ikee ...
Yui Ohashi and Rikako Ikee set national records at short course meet
Yui Ohashi and Rikako Ikee set national records while winning the women's 400-meter individual medley and women's 50-meter butterfly, respectively, at the Swim Cup Lausanne on Wednesday. On the opening day of the two-day short course swimming meet at the 25-meter Mon Repos swimming pool, ...
Yui Ohashi earned Japan's first medal at the FINA World Championships on Monday when she claimed silver in the women's 200-meter individual medley. While placing 0.91 seconds behind Rio Olympic triple gold medalist Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, the 21-year-old debutante shaved 0.54 second off the ...
Hagino outduels Seto in 200 IM; Ikee earns third title at nationals
Round 2 of the Kosuke Hagino-Daiya Seto duel went to the Olympic champ this time, with Hagino comfortably winning the men's 200-meter individual medley for the sixth straight time at the national swimming championships Saturday. Less than an hour after capturing the 400 freestyle title ...
Hagino rallies to win men's 200 freestyle; Ohashi shatters national mark in women's 400 IM
Kosuke Hagino was made to work again at the national swimming championships Friday, when he claimed a narrow victory in the men's 200-meter freestyle. The Rio Olympic gold medalist came from behind over the last 50 meters to win in 1 minute, 47.29 seconds for ...
